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Shakira’s New Wolf Has Claws ****

October 15, 2009 by

After dominating the airwaves worldwide with her 2006 hit, "Hips Don't Lie," Colombian superstar Shakira is now looking to translate that success to dance floors with She Wolf. The new 12-track LP exp...
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Latest LP Unworthy of Kings **

October 15, 2009 by

You can say many things about the music performed by Kings of Convenience, but nobody would accuse the songs of not being pretty. Here, the duo rarely utilizes more than an acoustic guitar, a violin a...
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Legacy of Lincoln Lives on in Jones’ Latest Work

October 15, 2009 by

Last Tuesday night's performance of "Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray," presented by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, marked Arts & Lectures' first presentation at the Granada this ...
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INTERVIEW: A Chat With Derren and Ana of DNA Imagery

October 15, 2009 by

If you've been downtown or attended one of the ridiculously sick parties in I.V. where there are photographers snapping pics of all the drunkards, you have more than likely run into Derren and Ana of ...
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“Om” Brings an Ancient Indian Tale to UCSB

October 8, 2009 by

The Boxtales Theatre Company, in association with Theater UCSB, opened its original show, "Om," to a full house at the Lobero Theatre last Thursday evening.
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Master of the Melancholy

October 8, 2009 by

In the hands of a lesser, more ordinary artist, a set of mostly soft, piano-driven songs played in front of a completely unadorned stage would probably come across as tasking and fairly lifeless for a...
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Schwartz Conjures Up “Séance,” Opera Style

October 8, 2009 by

Opera, musical and theater fans, rejoice! Stephen and Scott Schwartz have together constructed a marvelous production which combines the most essential and beautiful elements of all three mediums to t...
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“Zombieland” Brings Vibrancy to the Undead ***

October 8, 2009 by

"Zombieland" features decapitations, mutilations, lacerations, disembowelments, exploding heads, dead children and about 400 on-screen deaths. It is also laugh-out-loud funny.
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Cool “Whip” Is Light, Frothy Film-going Fun ***

October 8, 2009 by

Drew Barrymore's lifelong acting career has given her some keen insights into the film industry, and it's for this reason that viewers should have a little faith in her abilities. Her directorial debu...
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Fertile Flaming Lips Deliver Embryonic ****

October 8, 2009 by

The Flaming Lips' latest record is Embryonic, a volatile collage of often paradoxical elements. This album of 18 tracks -- split between two discs -- is a study of oppositions: It comes across at once...
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Five Must-See Fall Flicks

October 1, 2009 by

With a couple days of school under our collective belt thus far, there are already those trying to figure out how to divert themselves from schoolwork and find effective ways to procrastinate. I say t...
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Second Shot at “Fame” Scores ***

October 1, 2009 by

Replete with raging hormones and teenage angst, the 2009 update of 1980's Oscar-winning film "Fame" portrays the high school experience we all know too well. Emotions are constantly in high gear, as t...
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Mountain Goats Explore New World ***

October 1, 2009 by

If you have trouble finding the new The Mountain Goats' album when it is released Tuesday, you might want to try and see if it was mistakenly stocked in the Christian music department. No, the trio ha...
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Electricity in the AIR ***

October 1, 2009 by

AIR: The French electronica band's name alone conjures up elemental and celestial thoughts, and the band itself lives up to its namesake by feeding off the spacey, electronic sounds made popular in th...
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Filmic Future Looks Bleak **

October 1, 2009 by

Remember that one movie where everyone is plugged into machines that created a large-scale simulacra of the world until a single man rises up and frees all human consciousness? Or how about the one wh...
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